Firms with 250 or more employees accounted for 68% of total net job growth, fourth quarter 2013

August 06, 2014

In the fourth quarter of 2013, firms with 250 or more employees accounted for 68 percent of total net job growth, while firms with 1-49 employees and firms with 50-249 employees each accounted for 16 percent of net job growth. This is the fifteenth consecutive quarter of positive net employment change for all three major firm size categories.

From the second quarter of 2010 to the fourth quarter of 2013, a total of 8.6 million net new jobs were created. During that period, firms with 1-49 employees contributed 29 percent of net job growth, firms with 50-249 employees contributed 22 percent, and firms with 250 or more employees contributed 49 percent.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Firms with 250 or more employees accounted for 68% of total net job growth, fourth quarter 2013 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140806.htm (visited March 03, 2015).